iNaturalist Journal Entry 1

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost

Analysis: The Road Not Taken, in my opinion, represents modern-day solutions to global problems like climate change, and how little impact humans can do to save the environment. The well-worn road is the majority of humans on this planet— whether educated about climate change or not— most people do little to nothing to halt the destructive nature of the human impact. However, the other rode, untouched for years, represents the minority of the population; people who donate large sums to charity and those who plant trees in deserts walk on this path. This poem, although written in the past, probably depicts our future; the “difference” Frost writes about in verse 20 has not happened yet, and may never happen, if everyone were to continue walking on the well-worn path.

IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity— the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

To remove even one species from an ecosystem would be extremely detrimental, as it would throw off the entire course of life in that area. Biodiversity is the “life force” of nature; the importance of biodiversity is much more than the importance of mere human needs. Without biodiversity, humans would not be able to exist much longer due to a lack of natural resources.

Posted on 27 de setembro de 2021, 12:35 PM by saspd_chloe_c saspd_chloe_c

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